RHY.3:1 - Problem frame

Use this when clearer attacks, accents or steps interrupt a continuous motion or sound that the performance needs. A brush loses its sustained texture when an accent is added; an ornament interrupts the weight path on which a partnered transition depends.

A continuous carrier here is the ongoing change or contact that supports the intended rhythmic effect over a selected interval. It need not move at constant speed. An articulation is a distinguishable shaping of the activity, such as an accent or direction change. The useful question is how these contributions coexist.

The user already has a safe, familiar way to produce the simpler activity. The first result is a performable variant that retains the required continuity while making the selected articulation usable, or a localized incompatibility that needs another technique or arrangement. When separate attacks already give the intended result and no continuing contribution is needed, this method adds little.